Lexus Sweeps Top Four Positions At Autopolis

Lexus LC 500 race cars have swept the top four positions in the penultimate round of the 2018 Super GT championship at Autopolis in Japan.

Ryo Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy in the #1 KeePer TOM'S LC 500 climbed steadily from fifth on the grid to win by almost half a second from Yuhi Sekiguchi and Le Mans winner Kazuki Nakajima in the au TOM'S #36 LC 500.

The win was the first this season for the defending champions and puts them level on points at the top of the drivers' championship standings ahead of the season's final round at Motegi next month.

Car #19, the WedsSport ADVAN LC 500 of Yuji Kunimoto and Kenta Yamashita, took the final spot on the podium from 10th on the grid while the #38 ZENT CERUMO LC 500 of Yuji Tachikawa and Hiroaki Ishiura completed the all-Lexus top four.